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Film Unit - Lesson 3

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Lights! Camera! Action! Learning Objective:  - to apply narrative theory to our own ideas Starter - Work out the film from the following emojis? f f Harry Potter f f Planet of the Apes Life of Pi f Task 1 Equilibrium - Set five years into the future where population is 4 billion. The deadly disease has not been cured and still continues to cause violent destruction to the people of Earth. There is a shortage of food as people are turning into animals to fight for their lives. We are introduced to a young adult who has been writing a diary on the events of the last five years. And then four other characters the criminal, the athlete, the basket case and the princess.  Disruption - Another wave hits as governments are down, television is lost, families turn against each other as everyone is fighting for their own life. As another wave of this disease hits 500,000 thousand people are left for dead.  Population 3.5 billion.  Recognition -...

Film Unit - Lesson 2

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Lights! Camera! Action!   Learning Objective: - to explore the use of characterisation in a film Starter: Old West Action Groan Madly A pal icon - Al Pacino 'I'm so cuter' 'Fine in torn jeans' - Owen Wilson 'Cool Ego Energy' - Johnny Depp, 'Cool Paranoid Ride' 'Cap Star Trek Wit' On Any Screen - Sean Connery 'Merry Wardrobe' - Drew Barrymore  'A friend if called' - Daniel Radcliffe 'A British Lance' Case Study Characters Film - Five Feet Apart Main Actors - Cole Sprouse, Haley Lu Richardson Protagonist (hero) - Will, 17 (played by Cole Sprouse) Antagonist (villain) - no villain Sidekick character - Poe (played by Moises Arias) What did the main characters get paid for the film? Not sure but box office was 91.5 million. Characters Film - Five Feet Apart Main Character - Cole Sprouse (Will) Secondary Main Character - Haley Lu Richardson (Stella) The story is about the main...

Film Unit - Lesson 1

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Lights, Camera, Action! Learning Objective: - to explore the narrative of a film Starter : Can you work out the Disney films from the anagrams below? Gal Dent Hatted Millimetre A Babysat Tuned Thee A Nacho Pots Whites Won Handstands Fever We Cleared Nil - Cinderella  Aid Land An Tzar - Tarzan  A Bench Deck To The Fun Oh Mr A Legion Think On the quiz I got 20/25 80%. Case Study Research Five Feet Apart: Director - Justin Baldoni Writer - Tobias Iaconis, Mikki Daughtry Producer - Cathy Schulman and Justin Baldoni Production Company - CBS Films, Welle Entertainment, Wayfarer Entertainment Distribution Company - CBS Films Date Released - 22 March 2019 Genre - Romance, Drama Main Actors -  Haley Lu Richardson, Cole Sprouse, Moises Arias Who does what? Director - Decides how the film should look, sound and what camera angles to use. Main duties include casting, script editing, shot composition, shot selection and editing. Must a...

Radio and Audience Theory

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Audience Gratifications Learning Objective: - To understand the impact of meaning encoded, you must be able to identify audience gratifications/pleasures as well as apply audience theories when deconstructing a media text. Audience Pleasures Aesthetic Pleasure - The appreciation of experiencing something beautiful. It could be the pleasure of listening to music perfectly matched to visual images in a film or video. Cerebral Pleasures - The intellectual satisfaction that may come, for example from solving the problems set by a video game or following a perfectly constructed narrative. Visceral Pleasures - These are of the body more than mind; the sort of thing that makes the hairs on the back of your neck stand up or makes you want to punch the air. Representations of revenge,  triumph, horror, 'come-comeuppance', violence or sex all provide visceral pleasure. Voyeuristic Pleasures - The satisfaction drawn from spying, prying or knowing something unknow...

Analysis of a Specific Episode of Live Lounge

Learning Objective: - to analyse a specific episode of The Live Lounge Mahalia: Overview - Mahalia Burkmar, known mononymously as Mahalia, is a British singer, songwriter and actress. Age - 21 (born May 1st 1998) Where she's from - Syston, England Genre - R&B, neo soul, hip hop soul Current songs/albums - 'What You Did', 'Greatful' (songs) 'Love and Compromise' (album) Critical repuation - ? Awards - (no awards found) Nominations - Brit Award for British Female Solo Artist (2020), Soul Train Music Award for Best New Artist (2019) BBC Radio 1 Live Lounge - Episode Date - 12/09/2019 Cover song info. (Artist, song & features): Lewis Capaldi - Hold Me While You Wait Guest name & info: Mahalia Burkmar , known as Mahalia, is a British singer, songwriter and actress. Examples of how the show 'Informs, educates & entertains': it shows a different style of music from a different culture. Original Song De...

Radio Show/Style of Live Lounge

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Audience Demographic - 15-25 Name of Program - The Afternoon Live Show Time Slot - 3-5 Presenter (age, gender, style) - Johnny Cowling and Holly Day Guests - Dua Lipa I have chosen the colours of purple and neon green for this design as they are the official colours of Pirate FM. I have also chosen to do a old fashioned microphone which some radio presenters speak in today.

Mise-En-Scene

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Learning Objective: - To revise what mis-en-scene is, and to see how it is used effectively in music videos. Mis-en-scene - everything we see on the screen. Lighting High Key Lighting: Minimal shadows Lights up the whole face Quick and easy to set up Low Key Lighting: Opposite to high key lighting Dark tones are really dark Creates shadows Used for intense dramatic scenes Plays on dramatic mysterious intense emotions  Often used in action and drama based films Has a higher lighting ratio Mis-en-scene - Comparison How do the changes in mis-en-scene create two different meanings from this music video? Denotation (what we see) Connotations (what we associate/think of) Costume Dirty White Dress Death, after-life, underground Color Cold Colours – Blue, Grey Cold, dark, creepy, night time Lighting Low-Key Lighting Mysterious, death, darkness, unhappy, loneliness S...